Posts Tagged Death Star

1983? | age 15? Not much to see here, except a TIE Fighter and a teeny Death Star! This was drawn on the back of the next-scheduled page. I suppose I felt it need a little extra bit to add[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

early 1978 | age 9 I’m titling this page after one of the most exciting pieces of music listed on the soundtrack LP! “Ben’s Death and TIE Fighter Attack”. Special Edition Version! You can see a growing collection of Special Editions»[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

1983? | 15? Not much to see here! Unfinished Page 🙁 This page was an unfinished one, from the same period as < the previous page. As such, it doesn’t merit being given a regular Mon, Weds or Friday slot[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

c.1978/79? | age 10/11? Look. There is Luke. See Luke. Luke is being sad. Oh, Boo-hoo! Luke—now played by Anthony Perkins—is grief-stricken at Ben’s death. But—but—but… what about Leia, and her entire planet and family being destroyed? Well, more on[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

c.1982? | age 13 or 14? Some of the drawings on this page are horrible, especially panel 1. When the oldest ones are poorly drawn that’s charming, but when the teenage ones are poorly drawn it sometimes makes me cringe[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

1978 | age 9/10 Ben’s disappeared, and Darth is baffled—in the Beano comic sort of way, shaking his head, in a double-take, trying to grasp what’s happened. “Pah!” “Hmph” —The Epic SWa9 Art Notes This page is gas. From when[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

early 1978 | age 9 Darth Vader strikes down Ben Kenobi, and Ben disappears! This might actually have been one of the most bizarre occurrences in the 1977’s Star Wars—truly in your face supernatural. Vader choking Motti without touching him,[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

c.1983? | age 15 or 16? This is a fight you cannot win Darth. Yes, that’s right, he said ‘Darth’. Because Darth is Vader’s first name—not his rank. It’s not like he’s saying “You can’t win General—or Lord—or Sir”, he’s[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

c.1983? | age 14/15? The circle is complete and some of the lines are even straight! I was really getting the hang of drawing in this one. I bet I was at least 15 years old. My God—I even used[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

c.1983? | age 15? Some stormtroopers still can’t hit a barn door, or even a blast door, it seems! Han/Harrison Ford makes that risky leap through the Death Star blast doors. In a few decades time Ford will not be[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…